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Session 2: Heart Failure-Related Cardiogenic Shock - Getting Granular (Accredited)

Thursday, March 5, 2026
3:25 PM - 4:55 PM CST
Location: Main Arena

    Moderator(s)

  • MG

    Maya Guglin, MD, PhD

    Professor
    Rutgers University
    New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States

  • Arvind Bhimaraj, MD, MPH, FACC, FHFSA

    Associate Professor of Clinical Cardiology
    Department of Cardiovascular Sciences
    Houston, Texas, United States

    • Panelist(s)

  • Benedikt Schrage, MD, PhD, FESC

    Senior Consultant Cardiology
    Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany

  • Maryjane Farr, MD MSC

    Professor of Medicine Section Chief, Heart Failure, Mechanical Circulatory Support, Heart Transplant Perelman Center for Advanced Medicine, University of Pennsylvania Director, Heart Transplant Research, Penn Transplant Institute Executive Committee, Penn Transplant Institute
    University of Pennsylvania
    Villanova, Pennsylvania, United States

  • Jerry Estep, MD, FACC, FASE

    Division Chair
    Cleveland Clinic
    Weston, Florida, United States

  • Reynolds Delgado, MD, FACC

    Cardiologist
    Texas Heart Institute
    Houston, Texas, United States

  • Jennifer Thibodeau, MD, MSCS

    Professor of Medicine; Associate Director of Clinical Operations for Cardiology; Director, Heart Failure; Medical Director, ECMO
    University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
    Dallas , Texas, United States

  • Maria Patarroyo-Aponte, MD

    Associate Professor
    University of Texas
    Houston , Texas, United States

Disclosure(s):
Maya Guglin, MD, PhD: No financial relationships to disclose
Arvind Bhimaraj, MD, MPH, FACC, FHFSA: No relevant disclosure to display
Benedikt Schrage, MD, PhD, FESC: No relevant disclosure to display
Maryjane Farr, MD MSC: No relevant disclosure to display
Jerry D. Estep, MD, FACC, FASE: No relevant disclosure to display
Bobbi Chapman, MD: No relevant disclosure to display
Reynolds Delgado, MD, FACC: No relevant disclosure to display
Jennifer Thibodeau, MD, MSCS: No financial relationships to disclose

Presentations:

  • 3:25 PM - 3:32 PM CST
    LVAD Wean – Is Shock Severity at Presentation a Predictor?

    Speaker: Jacob C. Jentzer, MD – Mayo Clinic

  • 3:32 PM - 3:40 PM CST
    Discussion
  • 3:40 PM - 3:47 PM CST
    Impella 5.5 in HF-CS: A Pathway to LV Recovery

    Speaker: Joyce W. Wald, DO – Penn Medicine

  • 3:47 PM - 3:55 PM CST
    Discussion
  • 3:55 PM - 4:02 PM CST
    Role of IABP in HF-Cardiogenic Shock: Data from CSWG beyond ALTSHOCK

    Speaker: Ajith Nair, MD, FACC, FAHA – Baylor College of Medicine

  • 4:02 PM - 4:10 PM CST
    Discussion
  • 4:10 PM - 4:17 PM CST
    Does a Stabilized Crash and Burn Patient on pMCS Deserve to be downgraded on UNOS List awaiting OHT?

    Speaker: Arvind Bhimaraj, MD, MPH, FACC, FHFSA – DeBakey Heart & Vascular Center

  • 4:17 PM - 4:25 PM CST
    Discussion
  • 4:25 PM - 4:32 PM CST
    DPP3 as a Therapeutic Target in CS - Post ACCOST HH Trial

    Speaker: Karine Bourgeois, PhD – 4TEEN4 Pharmaceuticals GmbH

  • 4:32 PM - 4:40 PM CST
    Discussion
  • 4:40 PM - 4:47 PM CST
    Role of Devices in Management of Cardiorenal Syndrome

    Speaker: Jennifer Thibodeau, MD, MSCS – University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

  • 4:47 PM - 4:55 PM CST
    Discussion